Grip, grip, grip, grip…

I’ve been talking a lot about grip training lately…

It’s fun, highly addictive, and about as functional as you can get…

As I’ve mentioned before, these three traits can easily lead to overdoing it…

So, if that’s the case, how much should you train your grip?

Like always, there are a few factors that come into play. Two of them are volume and intensity, as well as your overall routine.

If your training already includes lots of exercises that work the grip, (think farmer’s walks, chin ups, curls, deadlifts, rows, etc), you probably won’t need a lot of extra specialized grip work.

Same thing goes for intensity. If you’re doing exercises like the ones mentioned above with really heavy weight, think heavy singles, doubles, and triples or even fives, again, lots of extra grip work is likely to be unnecessary.

Since you’re reading this, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that you’re workouts already work your grip pretty hard.

This will lead to some decent grip strength, but if you want to go to the next level, you’re going to need to do dedicated grip work.

But don’t worry; you can do this without overworking your grip. Just take the advice up above into consideration, and use your head.

Break into your grip work intelligently. Give yourself time to get used to it. The muscles of your hands and lower arms are only little guys…

But, you can and will develop them into something fierce, you just have to give them a chance to adapt and grow.

Now get out there and have some fun gripping it up…

Train Smart, Train Hard

Ray Toulany

PS: Whether you’re using the volume or intensity method in your training, a solid meal plan will help you get the most out of it and speed up your gains.

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